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Listen Then SpeakAuthor: Jahmaal Marshall
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How to Stop People Pleasing at Work: The Fawn Response in High Achievers
Episode 94
Thursday, 1 October, 2026
If you're ready to get measured results for both personally and professionally, schedule an appointment with JahmaalBook your Root Cause Intensive today! https://calendly.com/listenthenspeak/the-rewire-roadmap-clone-1 Sometimes what looks like being dependable is really a stress response in disguise.In this solo episode, Jahmaal unpacks the fawn response and why high performers can spend years being rewarded for patterns that are actually rooted in people-pleasing, fear, and the need to keep everyone else comfortable.He gets into how those patterns take hold, why they can be so hard to recognize, and what it looks like to start interrupting them in real life.It’s a conversation about learning to stop treating other people’s approval like a requirement for your own peace. Episode Highlights: 0:00 - Intro0:25 - When your body says no but you still say yes1:05 - Introducing the five stress responses4:20 - Fight, flight, freeze, flop, and fawn5:37 - What the fawn response actually is6:01 - Why fawning can look like excellence7:03 - Signs of fawning in high performers8:50 - How fawning can show up differently in women10:47 - How fawning can show up differently in men13:18 - The belief underneath people-pleasing14:21 - Where the fawn response can begin16:09 - Becoming “the responsible one” too early17:06 - When faith, culture, or family encourage self-erasure18:42 - Three ways to start breaking the pattern18:52 - Create a gap before saying yes19:52 - Trace the belief back to its source20:56 - Practice small, safe disappointments23:14 - What healthy boundaries actually mean CONNECT WITH JAHMAAL LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jahmaalmarshall/Website: https://listenthenspeak.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ListenThenSpeakPod BUY ME A Coffee - with this link: https://buymeacoffee.com/listenthenspeak?new=1 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
